in her ev'ning years...

in her ev'ning years she hums gentle lullabies to her loved daughter what she cradles is a doll but her #innocence is blind #vss365 #tanka #blueskypoets #skypoets #poetry

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 17 July 2025 at 09:54

mindless invasion...

mindless invasion when will supercedes rights and #guilt defames innocence blind superiority drives colonisation #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 18 March 2025 at 22:04

 

Watched a programme on SBS regarding so many indigenous 'trophies' in overseas museums or galleries and the current push to get them returned to their homeland. 

This poem emerged from my response to the programme. 

I happily embrace...

I happily embrace
the innocence of morning and
the melancholy of twilight
but carefully dodge
lurking dungeons in my nights#tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 22, 2024

secret political bluster...

secret political
bluster
dumps the innocent
in new world
ghettos#tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 16, 2022